Consumer affairs: licenses: prohibited acts.

Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is comprised of various boards, bureaus, commissions, committees, and similarly constituted agencies that license and regulate the practice of various professions and vocations. Under existing law, it is a misdemeanor for any person to, among other things, buy or receive a fraudulent, forged, or counterfeited license knowing that it is fraudulent, forged, or counterfeited. This bill would also make it a misdemeanor for any person to sell a fraudulent, forged, fictitious, or counterfeited license. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.